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Improved logistics and doomed world in advanced mode #62

Closed rivten closed 2 years ago

rivten commented 2 years ago

Hello there !

First of all, thanks for the software. We have a lot of fun with it.

I wanted to report an issue that happened in one of our game today. My opponent had Improved Logistics already on his board, so he could settle twice on one settle phase. Not necessarily relevant but we were playing in advanced mode. On the settle phase, he settled Doomed World which allows him to discard this world to play another non-alien world without paying its cost. Then he has the opportunity to trigger the effect of Improved Logistics to place a second. He wish to settle a non-alien world (it was a green world, non-military). But, when he accept to use his second settle power, the UI did not allow him to settle this card through the usage of Doomed World, even though he could have used Doomed World which he just settled. It forced him to discard his hand to pay the cost.

I think this is a bug.

I am not familiar with the codebase but I had a very quick look. I wonder if this code does not mark Doomed World's power as used, thus making him unable to use it.

bnordli commented 2 years ago

This is correct according to the rules. Base game, p4:

Powers first take effect in the phase after their card is placed.

So Doomed World cannot be sacrificed the phase it was played in order to place a second world (via Improved Logistics).

(When playing the 2P Advanced game, it can however be placed in the first Settle phase and sacrificed in the second Settle phase the same round.)

rivten commented 2 years ago

I had no idea ! Thanks for taking the time to answer me and sorry for the wrong bug report.

Have a nice day !!